novelPairMe Chapter 1165 Heartless
Chapter 1165 Heartless
"Yan Chen," Luo Jing called out as she entered.
Then, pretending to realize he had called her by the wrong name, he changed his address to "President Huo".
Huo Yanchen sat in his seat, but his eyes were terrifying. They were not just cold, but also ruthless enough to see through people's hearts, telling Luo Jing that he was never a kind person.
Such an expression and look made Luo Jing's heart sink to the bottom.
"Mr. Huo, is there something you need from me?" Luo Jing tried her best to remain calm. She had seen all kinds of storms and had nothing to be afraid of now.
"Don't you have anything to say?" Huo Yanchen gave Luo Jing a chance out of consideration for various reasons.
"I don't understand what Mr. Huo means. I've already exceeded my work targets." Luo Jing is still unwilling to admit anything.
Huo Yanchen stopped beating around the bush with Luo Jing and tapped his fingers directly on the table, making a dull sound.
"I don't know when the company developed this kind of culture of framing interns. What, you want to fire people you don't like?"
Huo Yanchen wasn't entirely clear on what had happened between Luo Jing and Jiang Manman; he only knew that they were relatives. However, he was quite clear about what had happened this time.
Luo Jing said, "President Huo, did Jiang Manman say something to you? Don't listen to her side of the story; that's not the truth."
Luo Jing bit her lip, lowered her eyes, and looked completely innocent.
Jiang Manman, she really went to complain; she's no good at all.
"Jiang Manman always says I framed her, but why would I do that? She's just an intern here, and I wanted her to stay and work with me. But the workplace is complicated, and it's not something I can decide. She offended someone else, and maybe that person is trying to get back at her. I just happened to be used as a pawn, so why is everything being blamed on me?"
As Luo Jing spoke, tears welled up in her eyes, making her appear as if she were the victim.
However, Luo Jing's performance did not move Huo Yanchen.
Huo Yanchen wasn't stupid, and he had seen plenty of these clumsy acting skills before.
“Jiang Manman didn’t tell me anything. Did you think that by switching the filled-out contract and avoiding the surveillance, you could have done everything perfectly? The system saves the last modified file’s time as unchanged, and you were in the office at that time.”
"That secretary also admitted that you gave her the documents and told her to give them to Jiang Manman so that Jiang Manman could mail them out. There are so many people who could mail the contract, but you chose Jiang Manman. Did you really think everyone was stupid?"
Luo Jing's lips were almost bleeding from being bitten. She said, "President Huo, I know you've long believed that I did this, so no matter how I explain, you won't believe me. In your heart, you've always been biased towards Jiang Manman. If that's really what you think, then I have nothing more to say."
Unable to refute the argument, Luo Jing resorted to another tactic: making herself appear to be the victim.
"But Mr. Huo, I have always been wholeheartedly devoted to the company. Although I haven't been with the company for long, I have made a lot of contributions. I have never gotten to my current position through back channels. I have relied on my own abilities. But you should know better than me how Jiang Manman got in."
Luo Jing felt that Jiang Manman must have gotten in through connections; Huo Yanchen must have had her recruited. Although the Huo Group did accept interns who had just entered university, only those who were exceptionally outstanding could get in.
With Jiang Manman's abilities, it would be impossible for her to get in.
"These are Jiang Manman's written test paper and interview video when she joined the company. If you have any questions, you can report them to HR directly." Huo Yanchen tossed over a document, along with a USB drive.
Huo Yanchen had seen all of Jiang Manman's answers to the written test questions, and they were indeed quite good.
Furthermore, Jiang Manman's reactions and answers during the interview were among the best of her cohort.
Although she hasn't graduated from university yet, she already answered much better than those graduates.
There was no problem hiring such a person, and Huo Yanchen didn't even know that Jiang Manman had submitted her resume. He was completely unaware of this personnel change involving an intern secretary.
Luo Jing only glanced at the written test questions over there. Jiang Manman's answers were indeed good, but so what?
Huo Yanchen just wanted to recruit people, yet he made up so many excuses for Jiang Manman.
Luo Jing said, "President Huo, I know that Manman has always had a problem with me. I reminded her that the workplace is not so simple, and she listened to me and that's why she was cautious. In other words, I protected her, but she told you that I framed her."
"Mr. Huo, is Jiang Manman trying to force me to leave the Huo Group? If you really want to let someone who has contributed to the Huo Group leave for her sake, then I am willing to grant her wish for my cousin's sake."
Luo Jing was afraid of being fired, so she deliberately shifted all the blame onto Jiang Manman.
If she leaves the company, it won't be because she didn't do her job well or because of her abilities, but because Jiang Manman bullied her. It will all be Jiang Manman's fault.
Huo Yanchen said, "It's right for you to resign, but it has nothing to do with Jiang Manman. I've said before that Jiang Manman hasn't said anything about this."
He didn't even get to see Jiang Manman, and Jiang Manman probably didn't intend to tell him either.
Luo Jing chuckled self-deprecatingly: "President Huo, you're being too obvious in protecting her. How can this matter have nothing to do with Jiang Manman?"
"Luo Jing! The truth is clear. You are being fired because you modified the company's confidential documents, which almost caused incalculable losses to the company. It has nothing to do with anyone else. Jiang Manman discovered it in time, which saved the company from loss. Instead of being grateful, you don't even know where you went wrong."
Huo Yanchen pressed the phone and called his secretary in: "Take her to resign. Huo Corporation will never hire her again. Post everything she has done on the company's official website."
Once Luo Jing's actions are made public—that she deliberately harmed the company's interests for her own selfish gain—it means that no company might want her anymore.
Her entire career was ruined.
Luo Jing didn't expect Huo Yanchen to be so ruthless. Or perhaps it was because of Huo Yanchen's recent changes. He was no longer as impulsive as he was a few years ago. He had become much more humane during this period and had given many people a chance. He was not so fierce and would no longer push people to the extreme. Therefore, many people overlooked the fact that the Huo Yanchen who was cold and indifferent before was the original Huo Yanchen.